My New Routine

5:25 am: First alarm goes off. I turn it off and roll over. Maddie crawls over and curls up next to me. She understands it’s almost time to get up, but Mommy gets 5 minutes of extra sleep.

5:30 am: Second alarm goes off. I have NO idea how to use the snooze feature on the Galaxy S3, so I just started the habit of setting two alarms. The first one wakes me up with a soft, gentle music, while the second one had more of an intense “It’s tiiiimmmmmmeeeee to get up beat.” Eh. The alarms work for me. Maddie knows the second alarm means it’s really time to wake up and starts licking my face. If the second alarm doesn’t get me up, Maddie does.

5:35 am: After a personal stop at the restroom, I take Maddie out for her own potty break. She sniffs, jumps, and eventually does her business.

5:40 am: I head back inside to quickly change and nibble on half a Chewy Bar. I fill my water bottle, tie my shoes, and quickly check my email and social media accounts to make sure nothing crazy happened overnight. No news is good news.

5:50 am: I hop in the car and make the short drive to my CrossFit studio. I’ve really been enjoying the switch to the 6:00am class. All of my box-mates are still wonderful and there’s nothing better than getting a solid workout before starting my day.

6:00 am: CrossFit starts. Today is a good one. We work on hand stand push-ups (HSPU) and I graduate from the band to up against the wall. I also surprise myself by only needing two ab mats instead of three under my head – progress!

The WOD was a 15 minute AMRAP that definitely had me hurting. So many cleans! So much time!

I wore a new Brooks outfit to class (just arrived last night!) and LOVED it.

10:12 am: Have a handful of nuts from my bag of mixed nuts in my desk. Bag is getting low. Doesn’t matter, I’m pretty sick of them now anyway. Make mental notes to replenish snack drawer with something that isn’t mixed nuts.

12:15 pm: Stomach growls! Lunch time!

12:20 pm: Head outside with co-workers to eat lunch by the water. I soak in the sunshine while dining on a leftover cous cous, bacon, goat cheese, tomato, and spinach salad with carrots and hummus.

Setting the snooze is really simple. Go to alarm, tap on the time you have set, scroll down just a bit and turn on snooze. You have the choice of time (5 minutes, 10 minutes, etc) and the number of times it repeats. Hope that helped!Allie recently posted..Flying Pig Marathon {round 2}

I also have the Samsung Galaxy SIII and HATED the first few months because all I thought was “how can this phone have everything, EVERYTHING, but a snooze?”. Felt SO DUMB when I finally found it in the settings….. (was gonna tell you how to do that, but someone else beat me to it 🙂 )

I keep thinking about trying to get to CrossFit before work but the idea of getting up at 5 something makes me cringe! Good for you. Maybe I’ll suck it up and try soon, I do love the idea of getting my workout in before I start my day.

I LOVE Wawa… we have a zillion up here in PA. I love Wawa’s coffee, especially the iced coffee in the summer. I’m a big fan of their hoagies too, especially the chicken salad, and anything with bacon.Amber @ Busy, Bold, Blessed recently posted..Guest Post: Heather’s Whole30 Results!

I totally feel you on the jam-packed day. Even the trying to take a nap in the parking lot before going to work out. I have done that many times.

As for the Snooze on the phone (I have the Galaxy S3 as well), you have to turn the Snooze setting to on and the next time that alarm goes off you will be given two options. An X on the left that you hold and slide to the right to turn off the alarm and Zz on the right that you slide to the left to snooze. You can set how long the snooze is for… as someone else mentioned. Snooze is set for each alarm separately. So, if you have 2 alarms, one can have snooze and one can be set to not allow snooze. Hope this helps.Maria recently posted..Weekly Workouts: 4/29 – 5/4

I love these kinds of posts! Sounds about the same as mine, I’m usually pretty darn happy come Friday night.

Totally unrelated, but coming from PA where this is an intense battle of WaWa vs Sheetz, I have to say you are missing out on Sheetz 😉 So much better! lolEmily recently posted..My First “Vlog” and Random Links

I love knowing all the little details – so interesting to see how people differ! So awesome that you are getting in two workouts a day! Hooray for the IRonman!Kayla recently posted..Lesson Learned: Vancouver BMO Marathon

Wow- that is a busy day! And a long one. I’m so impressed with anyone who does two workouts in a day- I’m proud of myself when I get one in!

Also impressed with your turn around time in the morning- I don’t think I could get up at 5:30 and be ready to leave the house at 5:50- I move too slowly that early in the morning!Sarah @ Yogi in Action recently posted..Three meals in one

Your day looks crazy busy! This has inspired me to track a day in my own life, I feel like I waste a lot of time procrastinating and maybe I can find ways to fit even more in.Ashley recently posted..Spring has sprung

Busy busy! Sounds a lot like my day (except I’m up at 6:30 and in bed around 11). It’s so tough to balance a full-time job with working out and blogging and living life!Meghan @ After the Ivy League recently posted..Thursday Thoughts 5/9/13

i am legit so impressed that you manage to work out TWICE in a day while also working full time. i mean, i know you like working out but still, that is a lot of planning/commitment on your part (way more than i have)! you rock lady!!!

Interesting! I’ve been wondering about that – thanks for replying! I need to add in more strength training into my own life, and would love to do Crossfit a couple of times a week for that purpose..it’s just super pricey where I live (DC area).joelle (On A Pink Typewriter) recently posted..National Women’s Health Week